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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-16
PARDON OF TWO CONVICTS.
Chauncey Barnes, Who Murdered His Sweet
heart in 1871, Released on Parole.

In the Attorney generals Office, yesterday
the duties Of the Secretary of State in relation
to the pardon and parole of prisoners by the
Governor, was the topic of conversation. The
general opinion was that pardon or parole
papers were complete In form until they had
been attested by the Secretary and sealed with
the seal of the State by him and filed in his
Office. In support of this position item first
under Section 5591. Of the Statutes, is accepted
as the law IN this matter. 1t says the Secretary
"shali keep fair register of and attest all the
official acts and proceedings of the Governor and
afix the seal Of the State with such attestation
to all commissions, pardons and other public
instruments to which the signature of the Gov
ernor is required" 1t appears that the Cover
nor also CONSTITUTES the statute as it reads, as
since the controversy arose over TWO or three
paroles of which the Secretary says he has
record, the Governor has sent to.that officer the
papers In recent cases of executive clemency.
The pardon of Chauncey S. Barnes
was of those. It came to
the Secretary yesterday. and behind
tions upon which it was granted are the details
OF love tragedy that sixteen years ago caused
an intense excitement throughout the north part
OF the State Barnes and Miss Dwight. both of
Lagrange county, were engaged to be married,
but the young lady's mother bitterly opposed
them In their purpose. Barnes and sweetheart
WIRE ouo gay tdlhlug over hnelr Troubles, Wnen
the young lady remarked: 1T is far better to be
dead than to live in this way" The lover,
driven to desperation in a instant, drew his re-
volver aud shot her. She died within few
minutes. After shooting Miss Dwight he fred
two balls into his BRAIN one of which has never
been extracted. For weeks he lay at the point
of death, and it was months after the occurrence
before he was able to appear for trial The jury
convicted him OF murder in the second cegree.
and in 1871 he went to the penitentiary to servo
a life sentence. Since then there have been per-
of fria nda
to secure his pardon. Barnes himself has writ
ten to the succeeding Governors since that time,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-16

GREAT sale of spectacles and eyeglasses this
week at MARCY's, 1.-THE" Jeweler.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-16
SURPRISING A NEW YORKER.
Indianapolis Ladies Show Visitor Through
Large Establishment Of This City.

Mrs. j. B. G., Of New York city, is visiting
friends here. She is lady of wealth and re-
fnement and an art amateur of considerable rep
utation.
'What elegant goods and what large and
beautiful windows" she exclaimed yesterday, as,
with two lady friends she stopped in front of the
great plate glass windows Of Albert Calls car
PENTHOUSE
Have you never been inside Mr.. Calls
storel" was asked by Of the Indianapolis
ladies.
Never" replied the visitor.
Let US go in then" said her friend. II take
great delight in going through the establish
ment. The clerks are always polite, and take 80
much pleasure in showing goods, whether one
wishes to buy or not"
They entered. The draperies and laces dis.
played inside were even finer than those they
had seen in the show windows. The visitor re-
marked that she was greatly surprised. "Why,"
said she, you have as fine goods here as are
kept anywhere in the East"
'That is news to US here" said one Of the
Indianapolis ladies, 'and further than that, we
know that Mr. Gall employs the best workmen
in all branches of his business"
In pushes they found that this establish
ment carried no less than fifty different colors
and qualities. In the wallpaper department
they found Mr. q all to be wido awake and fully
up with the times From there they went to
the carpet room, where they were shown lot of
new patterns in Moquettes, Wiltons, body Brus-
sells. and great variety of inerains three rows
deep-showing by far the largest carpet stock in
this city. After that line OF rugs unexcelled
anywhere
Coming down stairs ca the 1eft-hand side,
they were attracted by the elegant patterns
of window shades. These have crowded out
old-fashioned styles; and when they asked the
prices they were surprised to find them SO cheap.
There were choice shades at fifty cents, and at
sixty-fve cents elegant shades with fixtures
complete.
The ladies declared their appreciation of every
thing. mingled with surprise at the low prices.
and they announced their determination to call
again at early day and make purchases of
some of the many desirable goods they had
seen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-16
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP
Only Two Attractions at the Local
Amusement Houses This Week.
'sOur Irish Visitors" at English's and "Uncle
Toms Cabin" at the Museum-N0tes
About People Of the Stage.

The Grand will be closed all this week.
Enelish's will be open tomorrow, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings and Wednesday matinee,
the attraction being the popular comedians,
Murray and Murphy who played a successful
engagement there late last season. .sOur Irish
Visitors" which they present. is designated by
the press as an original absurdity," and per-
haps this describes it as we'll as anything else
could. It is only intended to make people
laugh and TO give two very clever character
comedians an opportunity to be very amusing.
At the opening of their recent engagement at
the Union-square Theater, New York, the Herald
said OF it: "A larger, more enthusiastic audi
ence never gathered in theater Every bit of
fun, and there is any amount OF it, was laughed.
nay, screamed at" The Sun said "The piece
has been considered rather noisy, but it was
silence itself, compared to the laughter aud ap-
plause of the audience" in the company are
such favorably-known performers as James
Riley (''Papa's Baby Boy'), Miss Marie Louise
Day. and others. There is much music and hu-
merous specialties in the piece. There will be
no advance in prices.
Mr. E. NJ Gotthold has revived that old-time
drama, ''Uncle Toms Cabin" a very elabor
ate scale, this season, and is playing to verv
large business with it. The piece to be
popular ever. His company, which will
present it at the Museum every afternoon and
evening this week, includes fifty people, among
them Miss Salie Darlington, the best 'Topsy"
on the stage; W. J. Mayer, Jennie Gilbert and
other wellknown performers. They give the
piece an elaborate and realistic production with
special scenery and effects throughout, the con-
GLIDING Transformation. 1.-The Gates Ajar," be-
ing particularly beautiful. In the company are
the usual contingent of jubilee singers, blood
hounds, donkeys. ETC.. and the original and com
pete version will be given A street parade
will be given by the company tomorrow morn
ing.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27
About Eur..cT-.

Combinations are the order Of the day,
and the last one rCroIGad is an immense
sugar "trust" to ruh the pCup!3 Ivy
forcing up the price of sugar Vie
Philadelphia Record aa$ the following
in explanation of lie cn!stirNcv: For
uCariy Il year CNortS have been IG,l forth
and negotiations have been III progress
10y the sugar rciiucIS OF Nc~ YOlN .nd
Boston to form u combine, or iUusj, ,
whereby the production of each refinery
could be regulated, nmd, if necessary, II
suspension Of work ha ordered, should
the aggregate production exceed the rr-
uuirGmCnts Of the domestic trade. 1t j.
understood that The trust has not been
finally formed as yet, but tina, the ar-
rangGmGntS will be completed soon, and
the PMladcIpmA rCiiICWcS EvlnputhiHg
with the muVcmCnt The owners Of the
various rCGnCrlCS are now engaged III
taking Mi account CT t@ck preparatory
to the settlement OF the deal. As Il rC.
suit OF the proposed cOmbinuiion q
| trust, prices have advanced in this city
within the past forty -CIEht hours tJ il
! figure which is con"id,pCd hCHTy in lhc
trade. Or "Wednesday morning HranU-
! lated Sngar, which I6 the standard, WAS
| quoted at 81 cents per pound. HUatcr-
day afternoon the closing price was 6!
cents per pound. The production OF
the rctineries Of this city is about 5000
barrels per day. The increase in price
accustomed by the proposed combination
amounts to about % cents per barrel.
AS result of the now trust, the retailers
will pay about 50, roo moro for tho pro
lection Of the retincrs Of this cily to-day
than they would have paid on Iucs.iuy
last. The retail price oi sugar, ;;8 taken
from the Groccrs' Association announce,
mrnt on Monday morning last, fixed tn,
price at cents pcr pound. 1t vii
probably be cents on Monday next
The proper and only conclusive answer
to tins combination of rascahty is to put
refined sugars on tho free list. The
people have rights winch monopolists
must be forced to respect. The free liot
is the only panacen for tAo ills Oh
monopoly.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27
ADVENTURES OF y G0l.u wA1ui.
1t Was Stolen Eleven NenrH ago, and Has
Got BnCl 10 Us NNNnrrn.

Troy, ALA, October pa curious
story about watch has jI8t develop, Il
here. Twenty years ago Mr.. George
Etberidgc who lived i'll the upper part
of this county, treated himsclf to fine
gold watch, for which hc paid $l95. He
took it home. and his father told him
that innsinuch as he had invested SO
much in watch that it would be good
idea to take down the mnhcr's nulHn aud
number, which he did, without ever
thinking that that little rrcGaution would
ever avail anything. lie Ecpt it until
1876, when lnbOrcr Oh his place took
advantage Of his absence ouo day, broke
into his house, and stole the watch and
chain and skipped out. The thief went
down into Dale county, and i'll Il short
time got into trouble. In order to
evade the clutches Of the Law, ho lU!,l
out in n piece Of woods, and while there
he lost his stolen prize, and in a short
time left for the West In lNN2, while
Mr.. Metca)f, who lives near Dalcyill",
was shrubbiUG piece Of second Years
land, he toun0 the watch and related the
circumstances to several Of his nri%i,-
bors, but could ind no owner tDr the
property. The watch had been lying in
the woods six years, ana w&s in DAd
fix. Metcalf carried il 70 jowclor Ia
Eutaula and md it repaired, and took it
homo with him and kept Ii until last
Saturday. In the early part Of the week
MIR. \. Haley, of this city, vino is i
- , thcr,in-lNw of Mr. EJhcrid2e, heard
something that induce 4 him to wire Mr.
Ethcridgc, at Evergreen, TO cou1c over
that he thought he could put HIM on tho
track Of his lost watch. Mr.. lIthcridgc
arrive / IN tie city and won't to Mr..
Metcn J y, a. ribbed tlo watch, gave the
number and rho max rs name, paid
Motcalt what he had paid out for repairs,
received his property, and returned
highly elutcd over hi success in rccov-
oring his lost jewclry.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27
ROUGH NlSAGED WAR.
His WrinlIcd Front by Arbi-
tratiun.
(Ncw York Mail and Express.)

(Ncw York Mail and Expressly
England and the United States are the
great AmphiCtyons OF this age; for in all
things they nre near to each other. They
are Ill contact, more or less intimately,
around tho world; they jostlo in both
hGmlspheres, and dispute the trade of
every sea; they cultivate the ambitions,
cherish the sGmo theories, worship God
III the same forms. Freedom, peace, in-
dustry and commerce are their common
Idols. They are, as t. origin at least
tho samo breed OF men; they use the
same language, submit themselves to the
samo laws. These two great nations,
therefore, be supposed to have n favora-
bic application. They are not near
enough to have their differences en-
VUnOmcd by the fierce passion of family
luarroIa-tncy are too near to be the
victims Of hopeless MISUNDERSTANDING
or Of that baCnarouS impulse to fight all
strange peoples which has been ut the
bottom OF many great wars. If any two
nations on the earth can get OH without
resort 10 arms these two should; if they
cannot, the disarmament Of nations and
reign Of peace is Il hopeless vision.
Ihc promise that there is in this pros-
prct gives interest TO tho dcputation of
distinguished EuHIShmcn who have
come A;thcr 10 mem lraliHo the President
on tins subject, and to give at least the
moral assent OF II division Of the British
people to the action hitherto taken by
Congress IN proposing that our Govern
mcnt shall CndCaVOr 20 mako treaty
with the British Government Tor the
submission to arbitration OF all future
differences that get beyond tho scope of
/ diplomacy. Nnuons should assimllnte
: their conduct to that which is detected
! by the instinct of individuals. Barbar-
oUs men, the ignorant, the brutal, the
low down IN the world, plume theln-
selves upon their physic0! force and
their readiness to use it. Every differ
omco OF opinion ond3 in fight. AS
they get higher i'll the scale they are less
prone to TINS conduct; but they will still
fight for serious cases. Highcr still they
exhaust every peaceful remedy. They
reason their differences more thorough
ly, they accept the mediation Of friends,
they so to Court, they fight only at
some ultimate point OF passion rarely
reached. Nations do the same in part,
but should be yet moro logically the
same as they rise in tho scale of ciViliza-
tiOn. Civilized countries have minimizod
the number OF wars; aud the resort to
rational remedies may be carried yet
further.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27

AS shirts began to bo cut low it was
necessary to cut away part of the back
SO ns to make it conform TO the slant of
tho neck band toward the front. Then
Somo one conceived the idea Of showing
the throat, and to that end cut away ali
OF The front except the le tabs neces-
Sary for buttonhOles. That movo gave
this appearance to The collar, and LETT it
to warm days and human nature TO bend
the ends thereof down into what we are
pleased to think is u triumph Of our later
later civilization-thc bout point collar.
Such is tho brief evolution of the stand
up collar, now as Of yoro the ambition
OF youth and the digniliUr Of old age.
The rundown collar has undergone o
varied process, bat has only been sus-
ceptiblo to change i'll the dimensions md
shape Of the open space in front and il,
the enhanced comfort Of modern cut
over ancient awkwal duCsS.
In the collar trade America has quietly
taught Great Britain another of the i'll
valuable lessons she has derived from
this sido OF tho water. The separablr
collar aud cuff is Yankee notion, and
VIC are proud of il.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27

basis tho delegates may be selected.
Having laid the object OF this meeting
before the railroad authorities, with thc
showing that it was intended to reach q
class of our farmers whom it Is hard 70
stir out on any public occasion, and who
rarely attend our Fair, they recognized
the convention as an interesting aUXil-
iary to the Fair, and those whom have
heard from have generously consented
to furnish free transportation for the
delegates, as soon as notified of their
names. As tho time is short, | must beg
the counties to be as prompt rs poasihlG.
| desire to throw out another subject
for the consideration Of the convention.
There was time during the experience
of these farmers, when the farmers Of
South Carolina made all they consumed,
upon their own plantations, excepting
sugar, coffee, salt, some hardware, and
finer qualities of clothing; and the sun
did not shine upon q more prosperous,
happy and contcntcd people throughout
the wide, wide world. To-llnY the rule
is to buy all they consume aud raise just
enough cotton to get credit for another
year
Can't something nc ic%tHud by The
discussion of this subject in all lis boar
ings? We htvo the same people, ihr
Same soil, tnc same gcuiul sUnshinc, ~"
samc clouds, and beyond them ou th'
same hcalthful, calm, pare, blue vaE't.
-. j.. DUN,'A>.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27
SYSTEMATIC HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
How al Big Chicago Firm Crushcs Out thei,
Sewing Girls Lives.
Wrom the Chicago inter -Occan)

ttrOin tic Chicago inter Occan)
a few belongings Of this small family
were nicely stored away in the one
room, and three mothcrlcss children be
gan the struggle for clf-naintenance.
The little ones could do nothing,
SO tho responsibility rested upon the
shoulders OF the 14-N car-old sister
The first thing she did after tho funer-
a. was to scan the papers for advertise.
monts in the "hclp wanted" columns
She found in an evening paper All ad
vertisement for 9irl to run a knitting
machine. 1t was from well known firm
on prominent street. She applied and
was given Il job. Alter she had hceu
there a couple Of days she saw q constant
change III the many faces around her.
Girls that were there yesterday morning
were not there this morning. But new
ones were engaged.
She began to mako inquiries among
the older girls, and found that the girls
LETT because they could not make enough
to 1--we on. The night of the second day
she determined TO see about it, and she
asked the fOrewOman for her timc. She
Was t,IFCn Il card with two 0uyS' full
time credited. She had luadc two jack
cts and one dozen bustlcs in the two
uQyS NHen Snc presented the card to
The Office she was toll that she owed the
firm 20 cent, balance for the use Of the
machine and steam power.
She w@S crCJit2d with 20 cents apiece
for two jackets CHATS 10 cents and 80
cents for the dozen bustlcs CHATS 7O
ccnts). Shc wGs charged - cents day
for the use OF machine and steam power
CHATS 80 ccltS), leaving n balance OF &c
ccl4t2 due tie b2g firm. Al tuiS rate she
would have to pawn i"r soul mt the end
OF week to pay the firm for the bad nil
she brcathCd while using the machine
and steam power
The firm keeps a standing advertise
ment i'll the evening paper, and Il small
army Of girls pass through the factory
every week. They get the jacl1ots an(
bGstlcs made for nothing, except the
wear and tear Of the machines and loss
Of steam power.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27
NO.. 5.
STARVATION IN LONDON.
Near Thousand Tables Pine for Food. ,
(Ncw York Mail and ExpressA

Near Thousand Tables Pine for Food,n
(Ncw York Mail and Expressly
London has just had little experi-
! ence with horde of half starved wretch
/ c3 that have been permitted to swarm
and gather to head at an important
! point in tho West End. That great CITY
has peculiar experience with its Lungry
people, who have the instinct of associa-
ton and act together in masses. Even
III good times, when only the lazy and
domOraIized are hungry, ten, twenty, or
fifty OF these will assemble and parade
the streets, chanting in chorus: eve are
all starved out, or somo similarly direct
statement OF their condition. But now
tho numbers arc greater Times are not
good, and III city Of millions of people
there must be very many men and
women who find it difficult to support
themselves, and very many more who do
not try, and n goodly proportion of per-
sons who spend in liquor the little they
earn, and then attltudinize as honest
poor men to get more. In all cities
inerc are such elements; but in city
where they are evenly distributed
'Hrough the whole population they are
not lett aB a threatening phenomenon.
Each nei9hborhood digests its own
evils. But whcrc these elements have o
tendency to aggregation they can be
very troublesome. They have this ten
dcncy i'll London, and now they have q
recognized rendezvous. For some un.
accountable reason tho authorities have
permitted them to seize upon and occu-
py Trafalgar square and form there q
"oIt OF camp. From that point they
sailed out in procession Friday and
marchc to the Mansion House to call
upon the lord Mayor to mako Il formal
demand for support. But as that great
iunctuary would not receive them, they
marched away again and fought the
police all along the route. People hero
may understand how this would be if all
tho idle, lazy, tpsy vngrants of the
metropolis, with mixture of those
rc'iiy III want, should form Il camp in
Union square and live there permanent
~, and sally out for beggary CT menace
i'll small groups or professions, terroriz-
ing not only the Immediate neighbor-
hood, but all the streets by which they
went, and forming the nucleus for q
great riot. In this city we should not
permit such a body to gather and it is
bard to sec why this is allowed in the
capital OF the British empire
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27
Idle N1onoy.

There are $l00, 900, 600 in The treasury
moro than the government needs. This
idle money is not only earning no inter
est, and liable to be sQuandercd III en-
traYagant appropriations, but it has be
como q serious menace TO business pros
perity.
Tue surplus can now be released into
the channels Of trade in only one way
the purchase of Unm0turcd bonds. For
this there is ample warrant in law. The
time has come when the administration
viii be justified in extending its bon1
purchase to all classes of bonds thot it
can make a saving III interest by buying.
1t is II shame aud It disgrace that this
state OF things should exist. "UnnGces
sny taxation is unjust taxation. \
government commits II gross injustice
that burdens its citizens with needless
taxes. But the surplus is here. 1t con
stitutcs public danger. And as, when
a house is on fire, there is no timo to in
ycstiGatG or TO quarrel as to tho respon-
sibility for tho flames, or to compute the
possible saving to the insurance com
panieS, SO now it is no time to blame
dead Congresses Or reckon tho gain oi
tho bondholders. First put out the fire
First get rid Of tho surplus. Remove
tho Danger now and guard against it,
recurrence hereafter
Let the treasury pay out the idlC
money IN bond purchases, at premiunI
that will bring the bonds.-New Yorl
! World.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27
4 New I'UOI.

Some Of thc cattle men of the plains
have recently fOrmcd what they call the
"Bcrl Pool, and have united with Ar
mour Il Co. to keep up prices. Armour
agrees to slaughter ihcir stock for 81. 80
per head and give them the proceeds.
The ranGCmCn concerned say the dressed
beef ring runs all the markets, holding
down the price Of live cattle and holding
up The pliCC Of dressed meats, and thai
their only hope is to deal with the combnu.
ton. The promoters claim that by this
arrangement they will DC enabled to get
improved cars, feeding, watching and pro
lection Of the animals in transit, ana to
save the enormous shrinkagc they now
suffer.
But if Armour and the beef pool are to
he allowed to run such cars on the gail-
roads, why not other people? Or why not
the rangCm"n without Mr.. Armours pa
tronagc?--Ne'b York St0'.
Thc Stuart Monument Association of
Itichmond Va, has purchased the granite
shaft with which to mark the spot. near
Fellow Tavern, where Gen. j. Il. B. Stuart
fell Iu0rtally wounded, on May II, 1864
while rcpclIing an attack Of Sheridan'S
cavalry. The inscription to he put on tho
shaft has been determined upon and tho
monument viii! shortly bc placed in position
with appropriate ceremonies.
When all SO called remedies fail Dr
Sage Catarrh Remedy cures.
| ! blhC open horse cars do not travel on,
too rapidly, but they are always fast enough
TO enable passenger to catch cold.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27

y West Point cadet is taught th,t Il i
Is worse than highway robbcr.